LanyrdSkynrd

Attack the idea that America is a democracy. If America isn't a democracy, it can't be reformed through democratic means.

Start with the obvious things, like the electoral college, misapportioning of senators(1 voter in Wyoming has the same representation in Senate as 59 people in California), the two party system. The power of money, lobbying, etc. Talk about the ideas that have long had broad support, but aren't being dealt with, taxing the rich and big corporations, like modest gun reforms, dealing with political corruption, codifying roe v wade, etc.

Edit: You won't get there in one discussion, but you can plant the seed.

His large pouch makes it tricky to use his back hips as an indicator, it sort of pulls the skin taut in that area. Even when he was quite obviously overweight he had a visible waist. But I checked his ribs and he definitely still has a solid layer of fat.

It never occured to me that boredom might be a factor. It's gotten colder here recently so he hasn't been spending much time in his catio. I do play with him at least once a day, but he's almost 14 years old and he's not as into it anymore. I'll get him some cat grass.

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Thanks, that's really useful. Based on that I'd say he's still got a ways to go

I was thinking "Mr. Pizza Hut" was some kind of mascot(which I guess gorby kinda is). It made sense to me because there was a Nintendo game with the Domino's mascot.

Prevent it by dealing with the source of the moisture, which is likely the shower if it's only in the bathroom. If you have a bathroom exhaust fan, use that during and after showers. Opening a window can help if you don't have one.

When my vent fan died last winter, I used a small dehumidifier because the moisture got really bad. Dehumidifiers take a fair bit of energy, but that energy is converted to heat, so it's basically the same as using electric heat.

Green chili flakes are cool. They're milder than red chili flakes, so you can get more of the pepper flavor for the same amount of heat.

Freeze dried shallots are also fire. A little expensive, but it's a good lazy source of allium flavor.

I don't think it's funny, fwiw

That was my experience with therapy. The only thing I ever got from it was someone to talk to when I was completely isolated. Everything else felt very unsuited to the seriousness of my problems.

My guess is that they just don't have the tools to really help with serious mental health problems. I have no real knowledge of what therapists are taught, but it seems like therapy is really more geared toward helping with less serious issues.

One thing I noticed is that there is no kind of consistency of treatment. They all seem to be just trying different unproven things and deciding what they think works. I've had therapists that want you to find some kind of spirituality, want you to try some weird device, want you to fill out worksheets, even had one that wanted me to smile in a particular way. It's the wild west out there.

I get why Republicans think inflation is a good thing to campaign on, but what are they saying they'll do about it? It made more sense when they were blaming it on the stimulus checks, but nobody thinks more checks are coming, and Trump did the stimulus checks.

Maybe American voters are just stupid enough that saying "shit is all fucked up" when the opposition is in power earns a vote.

There's a huge difference between personal politics and organizational politics. There's massive inertia and the fact that it's by definition a democratic socialist organization.

There's value in joining if there's no other org you can be a part of, or maybe to poach people, but you'll never drive them significantly left.

This pdf has his manifesto with footnotes that explain everything and a lot of good research into the stuff that led up to it.

It's a good read, it changed my opinion of Dorner. I still fully approve of his later actions, but his motivations were basically all personal.

I recently bought a cool looking 1920's copy of State and Revolution from eBay for $15. I've had good luck buying used leftist books from there, especially the ones that were printed in large numbers.

To add to the ebook recommendations, Anna's archive has the biggest pirate collection of ebooks online.